FSS(4) NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual FSS(4)
NAMEfss -- file system snapshot device
SYNOPSISpseudo-device fss 4DESCRIPTION
The fss driver provides a read-only interface to the snapshot of a cur-
rently mounted file system. Reading from a fss device gives the view of
the file system when the snapshot was taken. It can be configured via
ioctl(2).
IOCTLS
The ioctl(2) command codes below are defined in <sys/dev/fssvar.h>.
The (third) argument to ioctl(2) should be a pointer to the type indi-
cated.
FSSIOCSET(struct fss_set)
Configures a fss device.
struct fss_set {
char *fss_mount;
char *fss_bstore;
blksize_t fss_csize;
int fss_flags;
};
The struct element fss_mount is the mount point of the file
system. The struct element fss_bstore is either a regular file
or a raw disk device where data overwritten on the file system
will be saved. The struct element fss_csize is the preferred
size of this data. The struct element fss_flags is the initial
set of flags.
FSSIOCGET(struct fss_get)
Gets the status of a fss device.
struct fss_get {
char fsg_mount[MNAMELEN];
struct timeval fsg_time;
blksize_t fsg_csize;
blkcnt_t fsg_mount_size;
blkcnt_t fsg_bs_size;
};
The struct element fsg_mount is the mount point of the file
system. The struct element fsg_time is the time this snapshot
was taken. The struct element fsg_csize is the current size of
data clusters. The struct element fsg_mount_size is the number
of clusters of the file system. The struct element fsg_bs_size
is the number of clusters written to the backing store.
FSSIOCCLR
Unconfigures a fss device.
FSSIOFSET(int)
Sets the flags of a fss device. Possible flags are:
FSS_UNCONFIG_ON_CLOSE
Unconfigure the fss device on the last close.
FSS_UNLINK_ON_CREATE
Unlink the backing file before the fss device is
created.
FSSIOFGET(int)
Gets the flags of a fss device.
KERNEL THREADS
For each active snapshot device there is a kernel thread that handles the
backing store. This thread is named fssN where N is the device minor
number.
FILES
/dev/rfss?
/dev/fss?
SEE ALSOfssconfig(8), mount(8), umount(8)HISTORY
The fss device appeared in NetBSD 2.0.
NetBSD 7.0 February 24, 2011 NetBSD 7.0

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